All their hard work has !The project is finished at last.

A. paid off B. paid back

C. paid for D. paid out

They lost their way in the forest, and ___ made matters worse was that night began to fall.

A. it B. which C. that D. what

We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style _____ in a personal one.

A. rather than B. other than

C. better than D. less than

It is the ability you have matters, not where you graduate or what you look like.

A. which B. that C. what D.it

My grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set ________on what I could achieve. She ________ believed that there were no limits that you could ________ whatever you wanted. I would never forget the following story that she once told me：A farmer won first ________at the country fair for his huge radish (小蘿卜)that was the exact shape and ________of a milk bottle. Many were ________as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle. ________ one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied，“It was ________. I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had ________else to go.”You can use this story as an analogy (比喻) to life－our lives are________ by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to________ us, and the goals we give ourselves.If we only________ and take no action, then we get no further. But if we ________，set a goal and take action, then our life takes a________ shape.

Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this________ ，read the biographies of ________ people and you will see that goals and actions________played a big role in their success.

Remember the________ of Mary Kay Ash, who said，“Don't limit yourself. ” Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go ________ your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

In summary, don't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is ________ and secure if you want to move forward.

1.A. expectations B. rules C. limits D. lines

2.A. truly B. naturally C. tightly D. partly

3.A. win B. grasp C. realize D. achieve

4.A. remark B. prize C. position D. award

5.A. size B. length C. weight D. height

6.A. doubtful B. worried C. anxious D. curious

7.A. Immediately B. Gradually C. Finally D. Actually

8.A. strange B. easy C. funny D. secret

9.A. nowhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. anywhere

10.A. shaped B. formed C. controlled D. improved

11.A. understand B. help C. influence D. contact

12.A. dream B. refuse C. doubt D. change

13.A. struggle B. insist C. continue D. plan

14.A. beautiful B. different C. solid D. clear

15.A. theory B. lesson C. point D. evidence

16.A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful

17.A. as usual B. above all C. at all D. in fact

18.A. example B. wisdom C. statement D. speech

19.A. as if B. in case C. as far as D. as long as

20.A. comfortable B. valuable C. ordinary D. boring

The average American child spends three to five hours a day watching TV. In 1961, the average child began to watch television at age three; however, today it is nine months. Yet, most parents think that television has a bad influence on their children. For example, in the early 1970s, my parents believed that my bad eyesight was the result of sitting too close to the screen, and they therefore made my stay at least six feet from it. Today, most people have no such worry, but many new ridiculous (荒謬的) sayings have appeared:

*TV makes kids stupid. Many children watch more educational programs when they are pre-schoolers. When they grow up, they can read more books and have much better ideas to solve difficult problems than other children.

*TV makes kids violent. The real story is not so simple. Hundreds of studies show that watching violence on TV makes children more aggressive (好斗的). But a study of over 5,000 children also finds that some positive programs make children kinder. The problem is that kids are increasingly watching shows with violence instead of those suitable for their age.

*Sitting around watching TV makes kids overweight. An experiment finds that when children watch less television, they do lose extra weight; however, reducing their television time does not make them more active. The real problem lies in snacking (吃零食), a widespread habit for kids, and junk-food advertisements.

*TV helps kids get to sleep. The opposite is true. The more television children watch, the more likely they are to have irregular sleep and nap(小睡) patterns. Allowing kids to watch television is part of the problem, not the solution.

1.Which one is the advantage of educational TV programs?

A. They will make children solve difficult problems better than others.

B. They will improve children’s ability to get along with others.

C. They are likely to make children more aggressive.

D. They will make sure of children’s success in the future.

2.Why are children spending much time watching TV likely to be fat?

A. Watching TV makes children lazy and inactive.

B. Children are attracted by the food advertisement on TV.

C. Watching TV doesn’t burn up as much fat as doing sports.

D. Children like to snack while watching TV.

3.What influence does watching TV have on a child’s sleep?

A. Children are likely to sleep deeper after watching TV.

B. Children’s sleep time will be greatly reduced.

C. It will make children form a bad habit of sleeping.

D. It will make children sleep easier.

4.What is the purpose of this text?

A. To increase people’s knowledge of watching TV.

B. To warn parents of the disadvantages of watching TV.

C. To explain the bad influences that watching TV has on children.

D. To correct parents’ wrong ideas of television’s effect on children.

1.The whole system is not (方便的) for use.

2.It is not easy to (區(qū)分，辨別) their meanings.

3.Some people say the deaths were just (巧合).

4.The astronauts are required to learn (生存) skills in space.

5.Young people all over the world (敬佩)Yang Liwei .

6. (與……相反)many people might assume, evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.

7.The English language (由……組成)the grammar and vocabulary.

8.The Normans defeated England and (控制，占領(lǐng)) of the country in 1066.

9.Pronunciation (經(jīng)歷，遭受) huge changes during the Renaissance.

10.The Chinese language (與……不同)Western languages in that Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters.

Each time I ________ a good essay when reading newspaper , I cut it out and keep it.

A. work out B. come across

C. care about D. put down

Before our study we did not have data that could tell us __ those changes were small or large .

A. that B. how C. when D. whether

At the conference , political leaders from many countries promised to work together to defend the world ________ terrorism and other threats.

A. for B. without

C. against D. beyond